Probing Inflationary Cosmology with CLASS

用 CLASS 探索暴胀宇宙学

• 批准号: 2102694
• 负责人: Sarah Marie Bruno
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Bruno, Sarah Marie Michelle
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2102694&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Probing; Inflationary; Cosmology; CLASS

Sarah Marie Bruno is awarded an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct a program of research and education at Johns Hopkins University. Bruno will develop new instrumentation for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) telescope array to greatly enhance its sensitivity. The enhancements will enable sensitive measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization at large angular scales, allowing stringent tests of cosmological models of the early Universe. Bruno will also conduct a program of education and outreach for women in physics, middle and high school students, and science policy makers.Bruno will lead the development of two new detector arrays to increase the sensitivity of CLASS to B-modes in CMB polarization measurements. Detection of B-modes in the CMB would indicate a quantum origin for gravitational waves, and it would strongly support the theory of inflation. Bruno will also establish a peer mentoring group for early-career women in physics, develop modern science educational modules for middle and high school students, and provide scientific advice to inform policy initiatives on emerging technology.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

莎拉·玛丽·布鲁诺（Sarah Marie Bruno）被授予NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金，以在约翰·霍普金斯大学（Johns Hopkins University）进行研究和教育计划。 Bruno将为宇宙学大型角度测量师（类）望远镜阵列开发新的仪器，以极大地提高其灵敏度。 这些增强功能将在大角度尺度上对宇宙微波背景（CMB）极化进行敏感测量，从而可以对早期宇宙的宇宙学模型进行严格的测试。 布鲁诺还将针对物理，中学和高中学生和科学政策制定者的女性进行教育和外展计划。Bruno将领导两个新的检测器阵列的开发，以提高类对CMB极化测量中B模型的敏感性。 CMB中B模型的检测将表明引力波的量子起源，并且会强烈支持通货膨胀理论。 Bruno还将为早期职业妇女建立同伴指导小组，为中学和高中生开发现代科学教育模块，并提供科学建议，以告知有关新兴技术的政策计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子功能和广泛影响的评估来评估CRETIRIA的智力。